Nothorites
| Nothorites | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grevilleoideae |
| Tribe: | Macadamieae |
| Subtribe: | Macadamiinae |
| Genus: | Nothorites P.H. Weston |
| Species: | N. megacarpus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nothorites megacarpus (A.S.George & B.Hyland) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast
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| Synonyms | |
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Orites megacarpa A.S.George & B.Hyland | |
Nothorites is a genus of a sole described species of trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.[1][2] The species Nothorites megacarpus grows naturally only in restricted mountain regions (endemic) of the wet tropics rain forests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia.[3][4]
The species was first formally scientifically described as Orites megacarpa in 1995 by Alex S. George and Bernie P. M. Hyland.[4] Genetic studies published in 2008 by Austin Mast and colleagues demonstrated that it was not correlated with other species in the genus Orites.[2] Instead it correlates with the group of Macadamia related species and genera.[2] Therefore, the new genus Nothorites was created and this species name combination was published.[2]
The species occurs in rainforests around Mount Spurgeon and Mount Lewis (both inland above Mossman) as well as Mount Bartle Frere at an altitude of 1100 to 1200 metres.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Nothorites%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ a b c d Mast, Austin R.; Willis, Crystal L.; Jones, Eric H.; Downs, Katherine M.; Weston, Peter H. (July 2008). "A smaller Macadamia from a more vagile tribe: inference of phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and diaspore evolution in Macadamia and relatives (tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 95 (7): 843–870. doi:10.3732/ajb.0700006. ISSN 1537-2197. PMID 21632410. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ a b F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Nothorites megacarpus". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b c George, Alex S.; Hyland, Bernie P. M. (1995). "Orites megacarpa". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1 (online version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 497 (1st publ.), 348. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3.
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